ROANOKE RAPIDS, N.C. (WNCN) — Police in North Carolina said Monday they are warning the public and looking for two people who installed a “skimming device” in a Dollar General store last month.
The incident was first reported by management to officers on July 30 at the Dollar General on 8th Street in Roanoke Rapids, according to the Roanoke Rapids Police Department.
A skimmer is typically installed over a card payment device or ATM and is usually very difficult to spot. The skimmer collects credit or debit card information when a card is swiped or tapped at the payment device.
Roanoke Rapids Detective J. Salmon reviewed video surveillance of two men who had placed the skimming device in the store on Friday, July 26, officials said.
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“During these four days it is unknown how many credit and/or debit cards could have been skimmed,” officers said in the release.